Always Useful

• Follow Lexington's DPW on Twitter @Diginlex
• Weather
• Town events calendar
• When is the next bus coming?
• SmarTraveler Traffic advisory
• MassDOT Traffic webcams
• MBTA updates
• Sign up for Lexington email lists (unofficial town listserves) - thanks to Harry Forsdick!
• Lexington Newcomers' Club
• US Food Safety recalls
• Tick born diseases: Babesiosis & Lyme disease
• Information on EEE and West Nile Virus, including a map of areas affected
• LexGrassRoots.org A comprehensive site structuring links, info & resources in Lexington, thanks to Harry Forsdick

Recreation

• Lexington Town Pool & Old Reservoir Schedule, Summer 2012
• Lexington Community Education
• Hayden Center
• Lexington Soccer
• Cary Library
• Cary Library Calendar of Events
• Scouts in Lexington
• Town of Lexington Conservation maps and resources
• Lexington Conservation Stewards
• Citizens for Lexington Conservation publishes local Flora and Fauna guides

• Searching for a campsite and want to see what it looks like? CampsitePhotos.com has pictures of individual campsites at [some] state and national parks. Very helpful!
• Most camping reservations we've made have been through ReserveAmerica
• MA State Parks, descriptive info, trail maps
• Mass Audubon
• Trustees of Reservations

• Lexington Patch
• Lexington Minuteman, Wicked Local
• Boston.com's Your Town (Lexington)
• Lexington's Colonial Times Magazine

• Town of Lexington. Note the old URL www.ci.lexingtonma.us, which will most often come up in Google search results, does not work any more. Instead, use www.lexingtonma.gov
• Town meetings calendar
• Automatic town alerts, email lists and other e-gov services
• Roadwork updates
• Senior Services
• DPW Waste collection schedule & guidelines
• Extensive list of organizations & community resources in Lexington, MA
• Permit Application for Garage Sale in Lexington, MA
• Community Center Task Force Info & Report, Lexington, MA

• LPS School calendar
• School closings
• Website & Contact info for each Lexington public school
• Minuteman HS home page
• LHS home page
• For LHS grade reports & attendance, click on 'Aspen Parent Portal' from the LHS home page
• LHS Daily Announcements
• LHS calendar of events
• FOLMADS calendar of performing arts events in all Lexington public schools
• LHS Community Service Program. Students: Please check the PDF "Approved Vendors" to make sure a program is eligible for community service hours. Download the Community Service Form, have it signed when you do the work and make sure you submit it within the deadlines. Organizations: Check the vendor list to see if you are approved. If not, download and submit the Pre-Approval form to get approved as a source of Community Service hours.
• Prepay for school lunches on MyNutriKids
• Chartwell menus. "Prepayment Options" links to MyNutriKids.com
• FEES: To pay bus fees, sports fees, and other one-time fees, click on "Online Payments" on the LPS Home page (link sometimes does not work from the individual school pages)

Shared Resources

• Sell or recycle used electronic equipment
• General swapping website
• Car Sharing service RelayRides
• Offer or borrow sleeping on someone's couch when traveling
• Borrow tools from your neighbors
• With Skillshare, learn a skill, teach a skill, in a real class
• Locally hosted alternative to freecycle

• Mass Energy for group oil buying
• Looking for a national company's customer service number? Contact Help
• Where to call if you are trying to Get A Human to answer the phone at a big company
• Which Product to buy? ConsumerSearch analyzes input from multiple sources

• MassTLC launched a new internship service March 2012 with an excellent selection of internships
• Look for internships at Internmatch and UrbanInterns
• Teen resources on job searches, internships, summer programs and volunteering at TeenLife.com
• Teen study abroad programs

• Keep clicking to find interesting resources and advice on CareerFuel.net

• Community Service Program at Lexington High School. Please check their PDF "Approved Service Opportunities" to make sure a program is eligible for community service hours
• Volunteer with NeighborBrigade to help neighbors facing a health crisis by providing meals and rides in times of need
• Register with Stop and Shop's A+ School Rewards program and earn money for local schools while doing your shopping. Or call 1-877-275-2758
• VolunteerSignup.org is a free service to sign up volunteers for an event, online
• United Way's searchable database of volunteer opportunities
• Search for planets and supernovae on your home computer
• Manage volunteers for a big event on SignUpGenius.com

• NeighborBrigade organizes local volunteer networks that support people as they face a health crisis
• Caregiver resources

• Green Space Boston is a local gardening and the outdoors blog maintained by Meg Muckenhoupt